Picture a busy neighbourhood mercado in Spain. You stop at the frutería counter and nobody speaks English. You need fruit for home. What do you actually need to say: the name of the fruit, how much you want, and a polite please?
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Name eight fruits in Spanish
- Ask for two of something and a kilo of something
- Make a short polite market request
Listen to each fruit on the table, then say it back together with la, el or las. We will meet them in two groups of four.
After dos or un kilo de, drop el/la/las and use the plural fruit word.
- Quiero dos manzanas, por favor (I want two apples, please)
- Un kilo de naranjas, por favor (A kilo of oranges, please)
Plurals for shopping: manzanas · plátanos · naranjas · fresas · limones · uvas · peras · melocotones
Listen carefully and mark each fruit as you hear it on your card. When every fruit on your card is marked, call Bingo! Say the Spanish quietly to yourself each time you mark a square.
Open your copy. Before you write, say both buying lines once more with the class. Then fill the gaps, choosing two different fruits from the plural bank on the board:
- Quiero dos ______, por favor
- Un kilo de ______, por favor
Keep accents careful. Prefer manzanas, plátanos, naranjas, peras or limones for your free choice if you are unsure.
- la manzana — apple
- el plátano — banana
- la naranja — orange
- la fresa — strawberry
- el limón — lemon
- las uvas — grapes
- la pera — pear
- el melocotón — peach
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